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<< Our Photo Pages >> Little Skirtful of Stones - Ring Cairn in England in Yorkshire (West)

Submitted by Rich32 on Thursday, 05 January 2017  Page Views: 8672

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Little Skirtful of Stones
Country: England County: Yorkshire (West) Type: Ring Cairn
Nearest Town: Ilkley
Map Ref: SE1383745190  Landranger Map Number: 104
Latitude: 53.902693N  Longitude: 1.79089W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Little Skirtful of Stones
Little Skirtful of Stones submitted by Rich32 : Vertical shot of the cairn, from about 30 metres. The visible area of stones is about 15 metres across, but significant stone robbing has taken place. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A large ring cairn in West Yorkshire that appears to have been partially robbed, judging by the large depression in the top and spread of scattered cobble stones. The visible area of stones is about 15 metres.

The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) features a page for this Bronze Age cairn - see their entry for Little Skirtful of Stones, Burley Moor, West Yorkshire, which gives directions for finding the site, together with photographs, a brief archaeology & history and local folklore.

The cairn is also recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 49891 and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1011762, which adds: "The monument includes a large stone cairn c.19m in diameter and 2m in height at the east end of a ridge at Lanshaw, overlooking Coldstone Beck. The cairn has a deep central hollow which may be evidence of an unrecorded excavation. Some stone has been robbed from the outer edges, giving them a slightly irregular appearance."

Page originally sent in by Andy H.

Note: A vertical shot of the cairn and see the comments for a 3D reconstruction with notes, by Rich32
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Little Skirtful of Stones
Little Skirtful of Stones submitted by rich32 : The Little Skirtful of Stones, looking SE towards Lower Lanshaw Dam. This cairn has a diameter of about 19 meters & reaches a height of 2 meters. A number of cupmarked stones are scattered about the cairn. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Skirtful of Stones
Little Skirtful of Stones submitted by rich32 : Walking NE from the Great Skirtful of Stones, the Little Skirtful of Stones sits on Burley Moor. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Skirtful of Stones
Little Skirtful of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : John Billingsley in the centre of the huge cairn. Compare the relative heights of the the folk on top to John in the bottom centre - a huge cairn indeed - and this is depleted from what it once was. (3 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Skirtful of Stones
Little Skirtful of Stones submitted by TimPrevett : Rich32 with his ever useful and near omniscient guidebook at the Little Skirtful of Stones cairn, if I recall correct. Yorkshire Megalithic Meet, March 19th 2005. (6 comments - Vote or comment on this photo)

Little Skirtful of Stones
Little Skirtful of Stones submitted by andy_h : A large cairn that appears to have been partially robbed, judging by the large depression in the top and spread of scattered cobble stones. (1 comment)

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Re: Little Skirtful of Stones by Rich32 on Wednesday, 05 October 2016
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Re: Little Skirtful of Stones by coldrum on Sunday, 03 July 2011
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Pastscape entry.

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